The growth in the cryptocurrency industry has improved startups’ access to finance through initial coin offerings (ICOs). This model is a better alternative to capital or debt funding than banks, private equity firms, and venture capital because it provides a win-win situation for the startups and their participants. According to...

Growth of the cryptocurrency industry has led to an increase in fraudulent projects that falsify information in order to attract investors. Crypto-flare is one such project. Recently, I noted that the project has flagrantly faked its advisors and management. The site alleges that Saars Levi is its CEO and co-founder,...

Earlier this month, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that ether, a virtual currency, will not be regulated as a security. This news alone saw the price of ether rise by 9.4%, from $468 to $515. The price of bitcoin also rose by 4.8%, from $6,300 to $6,645 following...

In February this year, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued legal summons to about 80 companies in the cryptocurrency market in a major regulatory crackdown. Media reports at the time showed the regulator was looking for ways to structure the initial coin offering processes that have remained unregulated. The...

Startups in the cryptocurrency space are not just after disrupting the status quo, they are aiming at providing venture capital, competing with traditional early-stage investors. Early this month, Binance, the leading cryptocurrency exchange in terms of trade volumes declared that it was setting aside $1 billion in a Social Impact...

Corporations are now seeing a compelling business case for blockchain, a survey by Deloitte shows. During the Consensus event in New York last month, Deloitte presented findings that show a notable shift in momentum towards blockchain. Large companies are now exploring the potential of this dynamic technology to build practical...

Smooth-functioning, transparent and resilient financial systems are important for the economic development of countries. This is the reason why blockchain technology has the potential to transform the financial sector and, by extension, the entire global economy. Although this technology has made significant headway in the mainstream financial sector, its potential...

Survey results presented by Deloitte during the recent Consensus event show that corporations are changing momentum and opting to explore the possibility of blockchain to build practical business applications. According to the survey, 74% of large firms see a compelling business case for this dynamic technology. The survey was conducted...

The financial regulator in Japan, Financial Services Agency (FSA), has been quietly advising cryptocurrency exchanges in the country to quit trading Zcash, Dash, and Monero. The three cryptocurrencies are seen to be favored by money launderers as well as others who engage in criminal activities. The decision to discourage cryptocurrency...

South Korea has made news for having regulated the cryptocurrency industry in Asia. In September 2017, the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) banned initial coin offerings (ICOs). In January 2018, the Financial Services Commission (FSC), the country's financial regulator, enforced a ban on anonymous cryptocurrency trading. However, this is set to...

According to Forbes, Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) has quietly been pressuring cryptocurrency exchanges to stop trading digital currencies that tend to be favored by underworld users. The FSA argues that currencies such as Monero (XMR), Zcash (ZEC), and Dash (DASH) are ideal for money laundering because it is extremely...

The initial idea behind the development of blockchain technology was to give Bitcoin an accounting backbone for its transactions. Through the use of distributed ledgers, it was anticipated that cryptocurrency platforms will be able to process digital transaction with the utmost security, free from a centralized financial system. However, with...

Over the past few days, we have seen institutional investors like family offices, venture capital and even royalty funds - enter the cryptocurrency market. George Soros officially issued an internal approval for his $26 billion fund, Soros Fund Management, to trade cryptocurrencies. But Soros isn't the only one who has...

Cryptocurrency is an idea whose time has come and cannot be ignored. However, many traders, investors, and spectators are wondering if the crypto market will recover its lost ground following the big drop in crypto prices and market cap during the first quarter of 2018. The entry of institutional investment...

Banking heir and cryptocurrency bigwig billionaire, Matthew Mellon, passed away on April 16th, in Mexico. The cryptocurrency landscape will never be the same again with his passing. When the industry was just starting and investors were hard to get, he invested $2 million in cryptocurrencies. That investment move encouraged other...

Towards the end of 2017, the cryptocurrency market began experiencing a downward trend. This got worse in early 2018 as governments launched crackdowns with the aim of protecting investors. This and other factors caused the value of digital assets to drop by almost 50%. As we enter the second quarter...

For years now, many conventional investors, such as endowment funds, family offices, and pension funds, have avoided investing in the cryptocurrency industry. This is due to its high volatility, a track record that is limited and lack of clear regulations to guide industry operations. However, this is slowly changing. Earlier...

The first quarter of 2018 did not end well as many analysts had predicted. Figures gathered on March 31, 2018, reveal a stunning blow to the market as the top 5 cryptocurrencies and altcoins experienced a major financial nosedive. The market, which ended 2017 on a high note and started...

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